Krampus is Coming to Town

Two years ago, I gave a talk at Skepticon* called How to Ruin Christmas for Nearly Everyone, in which I argued (in part) that it’s fun and beneficial to lie to children, particularly concerning Santa. I told the audience about an even better myth: Krampus, an evil demon said to stuff little children in a sack and drag them to hell around Christmastime. I’m very excited to announce that you can now incorporate Krampus into your holiday traditions with Krampus stockings and Krampus gift wrap from Skeptical Robot! Plus, we have new holiday cards:

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I think that this (the kernel of the Krampus ideal) was already covered by the creepy-assed, “Elf-on-a-Shelf” sold at Hallmark. The main-stream retailers may have beat you to the “creep the sh– out of kids for December to keep them in line”-thing.

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